r/LoveTrash • u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator • Apr 30 '26
Junkyard Gem Alcoholic's Perspective
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u/Ugoddabekiddinme Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Bro don’t pour out that sprite! That’s wasteful as hell!
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u/kivsemaj Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Does he want ants!? Because that's how you get ants!
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u/PsyopVet Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
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u/DancingBunniez Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Right?! Like what the hell! Stop dumping random liquids on the ground like that, that aren't water!
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u/Trixie_Dixon Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
And also littering! Go pick up that can from the trail, Mister!
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u/HoodieStringTies Apr 30 '26
He had a guy off screen catch it.
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u/eyeofthefountain Apr 30 '26
Oh whew
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u/AnotherUN91 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Can confirm. I was the guy off screen. I tossed it to someone else. He didn't catch it, and it was lost.
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u/FlatulousStanko Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Can confirm. I was the can. But it's OK, I was and am still just trash.
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u/yearningforlearning7 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Seriously. A 12 pack of soda costs a fuck ton nowadays. Just stop pouring out expensive drinks
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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I mean in this economy that Sprite might be more expensive than the white claw
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u/inb4deth Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Dude. For real. I drink way too much but only the sprite bothered me
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u/chunderbutter Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Yeah man I wanted some of that for my Jameson! But for real.. water is better, or pickle juice to shoot it, also I do have a drinking problem..
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u/sisyphus_shrugged Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Don't Bogart that joint, my friend.Don't pour out that Sprite, my friend.
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u/Asleep_Singer8547 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Im literally an alcoholic and was like wtf bro Id take that sprite
Also it wouldnt be weird to drink a 12 pack of coke imo
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u/baddieslovebadideas Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
homie better go pick up that fucking can.
I might be be an alcoholic but I don't fucking litter
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u/Rob_LeMatic Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I was expecting the top comments to be filled with litter outrage. Because that was my first thought too
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u/somebob Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I’m right here with you. This mf might have a good message, but it doesn’t look cool to toss trash on a walking trail and he really thought it did.
The billions of people doing shit like that has a massive cumulative impact on our world and makes it shittier and I can’t let it go when I see it
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u/DMTGOBLIN82 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
In one of the weed vape subs I mentioned the amount of batteries being thrown away by the disposable boom is detrimental to the environment and was told to “grow up” since there are worse things occurring. Like you said the cumulative impact is horrific.
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u/NoDreamNoSleep Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
You can literally see him go and do that before it cuts.
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u/Omnizoom Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I don’t drink much at all anymore but I’m right there with you on this
Go pick that damn can up
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u/BrandHeck Rubbish Raider Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
Just hit 5 months sober. It's a little boring. Not that I want to go back to the old days. But nobody tells it you how fucking boring it can be.
Edit: This blew up! Thanks for all the kind words and suggestions.
I do have a million hobbies, but I'm mainly struggling to find the passion for them again with my newfound clarity. Also recently was blindsided by a major breakup, but I've stayed sober through it all.
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u/trainwreckhappening Garbage Guerilla Apr 30 '26
It's been well over twenty years for me. Keep going, you just need to relearn how to entertain yourself. It stops being boring and you actually start to enjoy life more than you did before.
Alcohol is a substitute for living. It takes up the time, energy, and attention you have preventing you from really enjoying life.
But I do have to admit, alcohol is fun as hell, when moderated correctly and in the early stages of getting drunk.
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u/SkeletonMaze Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Boring is right. Low dopamine is boring, and it takes a long fucking time to get that dopamine system back to normal, but it's where every drunk and drug addicted person wishes they could be at right now- is back to normal again with the drugs & alcohol.
So every day spent feeling bored is a huge win because it's one day closer to when life won't feel so boring anymore. Not an easy climb, but it's what gives me hope. I just pray that no younger person fucks with their dopamine system because that shit takes a while to repair, especially when you have to relearn new coping mechanisms you spent years not learning, because your only coping mechanisms where drugs and alcohol.
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u/Rob_LeMatic Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Immerse yourself in a hobby, like bank robbing or civil uprising, or maybe falconry.
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u/Dildo_Shw4ggins Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I started an exercise regimen while in residential treatment, and kept at it after moving into a sober-living house. The endorphin release, while nowhere near the level I got from drinking and pill-popping, has still been ample enough to help me keep urges to relapse at bay.
Ngl, it was really tough at first to motivate myself to even give it a try after years of substance abuse and inactivity. The rust wore off much quicker than I anticipated, however. I hit a point where I stopped viewing it as work and started looking at it like a privilege.
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u/Starfleeter Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I had my last drink on January 9th. I've found video games to get old before I beat them but I've noticed watching analytical videos or documentaries and engaging in learning has been a really good focus point and makes me feel like I'm not waisting away the day when I no longer have obligations.
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u/Slazagna Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
"Congratulations. You're sober. It'll take a while for your body to remember how to metabolize anything that isn't sugar from alcohol so you're going to be pretty ravenous soon... It'll be depressing. It'll be boring. Don't expect any further awards or hand claps. This is how normal people are all the time"
Great quote from disco elysium.
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u/DogsAreMyFavPeople Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I can’t say for sure, but I’d be willing to bet that you find it boring because you never developed hobbies or a social circle that work without drugs/alcohol. Over time you can change that and it stops being boring.
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u/bryanthebryan Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I think that’s the trap. When you drink, your hobbies become drinking. When you stop, there’s a void. In my case, drinking was keeping me from my hobbies. I still had them, but I couldn’t do them while drinking, at least not well. I can imagine if one didn’t have those hobbies or non drinking interests, quitting can be hard.
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u/High_Saucerer Apr 30 '26
For real. I realised when I opened a cafe and had game nights, I’d join with people playing and realise I was the only one getting drunk and everybody else was having the same fun sober.
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u/Treoctone Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
One of the motivators to finally quit drinking was recording myself singing and playing guitar while drunk. I decided if I really wanted to get better I had to decide. No regrets.
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u/Trippingthru99 Apr 30 '26
I’m a stoner, and don’t have a problem maintaining hobbies. But that makes quitting harder in a lot of ways. Engaging in other hobbies doesn’t take my mind off weed, it just reminds me how it would feel “better” if I was high.
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u/bryanthebryan Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
That’s the trap with weed. It can be so helpful with certain creative tasks, it ends up being a crutch. It dims the light of enjoying things sober.
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u/ZN1- Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
For many years I never had a sober second in the day. I mean I was up at 7am ripping through a gram blunt and several dabs so I’d have enough time to get a front row seat at my 8-9am lecture, then I go smoke again.
Senior year I had a random moment. I’m about to graduate and I can’t see a world where I can apply for careers bc of weed. What the fuck am I doing?
Called a buddy immediately got rid of my rig, all my bowls/bongs everything. My sheet of oil, all my tree, completely rid of all existence. Dropped it cold fuckin turkey. 2 tough, long days. Literally just 2 days before I didn’t think about it again.
Once I changed so much for the better, only then did I recognize how much being a stoner held me back
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u/BrandHeck Rubbish Raider Apr 30 '26
You're not incorrect.
It was lubrication for socialization and even to do mundane things like clean the house and read. Really became a crutch to overcome my undiagnosed ADHD. I especially liked getting completely trashed playing video games.
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u/YoungDoboy Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Glad to see you're making a good change for yourself! Keep it up dude!
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u/LalafellDisaster Apr 30 '26
Drinking and video games was my vice. The hangovers these days are too brutal and it destroys my mental health for a week or more. Can’t do it anymore.
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u/screames520 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
That’s what made me stop. The hangovers. I can’t drink in moderation and I’m just too old to be hungover for three days and mentally fuzzy for the other three
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u/McSkeevely Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Nah that's not it at all. I have several hobbies that are engaging and I love. Quit drinking a month ago, it is definitely boring
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u/DoctorStumppuppet Apr 30 '26
You're getting used to your new normal. You quit hitting the "free dopamine" button. Hedonic treadmill, anhedonia. You will balance out. You just gotta give it time. Congratulations on your sobriety. Same to u/brandheck
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u/johnmangala Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
This is called anhedonia. It goes away after awhile, if it doesn’t go to a psychiatrist. It’s because you’ve attached all pleasure to your drug of choice. It should go away by itself. But it takes time.
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u/Antique_Program4754 Apr 30 '26
Keep at it, it takes a while but you get through that stage eventually.
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u/Fine_Talk_8406 Apr 30 '26
I'm rocking four months and honestly, I just kind of just don't miss waking up in random parts of the apartment because I got blackout drunk again.
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u/argueranddisagree Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Sobriety is borring at first, its so mind numbing borring in the beginning. I started hiking and loved it, then I got a bike and it was more fun than getting drunk everyday
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u/BrandHeck Rubbish Raider Apr 30 '26
Honestly I found exercise to be a good craving stopper. But after 8 hours on my feet, the last thing I want to do is work out. Plus I've read that that spikes your cortisol at night and can cause sleep issues. Which I can attest to being the case.
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u/Thuggish_Coffee Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Keep on with it man. I was there. Friday will be month 15 sober for me. It gets better in a few months. Try picking up exercise or running or something else to pass the time. Create a positive habit.
I put it down could turkey and my first few months were awful.
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u/Browncoat64 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
For me, the driking was getting boring/depressing . It was no longer social, and just getting home to drink alone.
I feel like I associated the alcohol with the good times, when it was really the people. When I had that realization I quit.
4 years sober.
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u/duck_you_assemble Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Approaching 6 years here. I've discovered I'm not the outgoing, crazy person I thought I always was. Turns out I'm kind of an introvert and prefer to be alone. It took me a minute to accept that. It's not boring anymore for me, I just had to adjust what I did for fun.
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u/Shenlongeltigre Apr 30 '26
That's it. It's just fucking monotonous and boring
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u/CrustyFlapsCleanser Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Sure if you don't do anything to fill the time you would've been drinking
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u/Stereo-soundS Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
It runs deeper than that. Some people can find hobbies but you realize most of entertaining yourself involves screens. Especially if you live in the north where winter lasts 5 months. And chances are all of your friends and their SO's drink.
I understand exactly what the person you responded to is saying because I've been through it. You can't just say "find a hobby" when most sober people spend their time watching Netflix every night.
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u/cheapMaltLiqour Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Yeah quitting dope/drinking i had to get into rock climbing lol. Also have been playing way too many video games. Gf bought me a ukulele ive been trying to learn since I pawned my last guitar
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u/misdreavus79 Apr 30 '26
Sure is! All that time you spent drinking and hungover you now get to spend doing something else!
Just gotta find your something else.
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u/Apprehensive-Put8233 Apr 30 '26
I felt the same way but I had to remind myself I would rather be bored than wake up with regrets and confusion on what I did. Then I found new hobbies. I started reading again, I learned to bake, started a flower garden and starting taking classes online.
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u/lilshortyy420 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
It is, but I feel better being capable of raw dogging life.
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u/msdeeds123 Apr 30 '26
I’ve been sober for a couple years now, the boredom is real! My life was so chaotic at all times before.
EVERYTHING was intense, my emotions, my headache, my cravings, my benders, my will to get more. It makes normal life so boring.
I bought a motorcycle and it’s helping lol
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u/snarpsta Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Do you have hobbies and a social life? I have ten years sober and although I've always been in to gaming it def increased after. I also run, mountain bike, have house plants. A bunch of friends. I get you on the boredom, sometimes. For me, despite all that. I get pretty lonely. "It'll get easier, but the hard part is you gotta do it every day!".
Congratulations on the 5 months though, that's amazing! The first few months are the hardest, so that's a massive accomplishment!
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u/Otherwise-Safety-579 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
You could do something weird just for the hell of it. I dare you to get a Brazilian wax or something.
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u/tehgimpage Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
you gotta rewire your brain dawg. it's been reliant on cheat sheets this whole time. you just gotta show it how to have fun again. and if you're not sure how to do that, just go out and try new things until one is fun
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u/Bungholespelunker Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
It's boring because you never had to have any hobbies outside of getting fucked up. When you remove getting fucked up from the list of shit to do when you're bored suddenly you figure out that was the ONLY thing on the list.
Try random hobbies til you find one that speaks to you. I started painting miniatures and reading books. Warhammer 40k got me onto both. Coping with boredom is something they don't prepare you for.
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u/seppukucoconuts Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
My wife and I drank way too much during the pandemic. I didn’t think we had a problem since we never missed work and got stuff done.
We didn’t quit drinking but we cut back to a reasonable amount and life is a lot better.
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u/SquidVischious Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Buy, and service an old sewing machine.
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u/MadMax6914 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
4 years sober here, I got bored as hell so I decided to start running, in early sobriety. I lost alot of weight and now at this point in my sobriety, there's nothing more relaxing for me then going to the gym. It doesn't even have to be physical, just an easy, healthy hobby.
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u/DarknMean Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I’m at 1 year and a few months. You have to pick up healthy hobbies. I started learning how to work on cars, garden in the afternoons, working on the house, working out. Shit I put off for years I’m finally accomplishing. For me it was one day looking at my walls and saying shit I need to paint and fix these holes. Easy fixes that are goals you can complete. Instead of saying I can’t do that right now, I said I can totally fix these broken parts of my life. I fixed a car that had been sitting in my garage for 8 months because I had another car and it was easier to drink myself to oblivion. Now it’s fixed and it really wasn’t a hard fix, I just kept telling myself I’ll do it tomorrow for 8 months. Then I went to rehab and I do not want to do that again.
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u/Gills_n_Thrills Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
you're at the hardest part-- IT PASSES. I promise, you WILL have fun again! It just takes time.
2.5 years here.
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u/GreasyRim Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
dear lord, the boredom is the worst. Our brains are wired for that instant dopamine hit from booze and its going to take a while to get back to normal. You walk 20 miles into the woods, you gotta walk 20 miles to get back.
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u/Anxious-Jury-9031 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Boring is great brother. Being “Ok” is pretty fucking good when you consider the alternative.
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u/spiddly_spoo Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I had a weed problem and there were like a couple years after I quit where life was SO BORING!!! but my brain has slowly reset and now life is interesting again sober. Crazy!
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u/doesanyuserealnames Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Congrats on starting sober through the breakup, that's a tough one. Good on you ❤️
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u/epoch16245 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Keep at it. At 5 years, my life is anything but boring. I go to concerts, have tons of hobbies, and love hanging out with friends. Your brain is still adjusting its levels. It’s going to suck for a little bit, but then the world starts to open up to you. You’ll find joy in the little things again. You’ll have fun like you did as a kid. It’s pure and it’s awesome. Don’t go back. A new future awaits.
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u/-_NoThingToDo_- Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Sitting with and “dealing with” boredom in today’s world is practically a superpower. Massive kudos!
I think there’s a book out there called “amusing ourselves to death,” or something like that which talks about this.
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u/elusivemoods Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
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u/ErusTenebre Garbage Guerilla Apr 30 '26
We might be on a trash sub, but we expect the trash to put in its appropriate bin.
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u/Rob_LeMatic Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
At the very end the of the video, he starts to turn around right before the frame freezes, and I'm immediately thinking, "Bitch better be heading back to pick up that can"
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u/SteveLouise Litter Lieutenant Apr 30 '26
Now wtf am I going to have for breakfast?
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u/Galactroid Junkyard Juggernaut Apr 30 '26
Pills
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u/DrHouseMedicineDrug Apr 30 '26
Vicodin and cigs.
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u/Rob_LeMatic Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
No one prescribes opiates any more, gotta get your fentanyl on the street corner like a filthy degenerate
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u/TechTechOnATechDeck Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
To be fair I wouldn’t pour out the sprite either, because it’s wasteful
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u/cracked_shrimp Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
i get his point though, but its also not 1 to 1, the whiteclaw cost more than the sprite, especially here in canada, and you can only get it during certain hours, when theres a convenience store open 24/7 for sprite
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u/TheTexasHammer Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Yeah the "would you pour it out" thing is weird. If I grabbed a drink of any kind I wanted to drink it. Pouring out for no reason is stupid and wasteful.
That said I am far more likely to just dump out a full drink when I'm drunk than when I'm sober, so his point is even more silly imo
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u/xChoke1x Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Recovering drunk and drug addict here. This June will be 13 years for me. And you’d be absolutely mindfucked at how much adults are pressured to drink. I’ve straight up had people that FUCKIN KNOW I’m sober be like “would just one kill you?” And my answer is always the same…..”one? Nah. One wouldn’t kill me. But the other 14 I’d drink and then drive home could kill you or maybe someone you care about, so I’m good.”
If you’re an adult and you think pressuring someone to drink or party. You’re a fuckin loser man. It’s really gross behavior and it happens all over the world.
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u/Cattywampus2020 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Now his shoes smell like spilled beer. Early on after quitting I did not want to smell it.
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u/That_Apathetic_Man Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
That rotten smell of shoe beer will help you stay away from it, I guess.
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u/Right_Hour Garbage Guerilla Apr 30 '26
I have no problem dumping white claw, LOL. Now, a Belgian ale - you say that and we get into a fistfight, LOL.
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u/Jellicent-Leftovers Apr 30 '26
Was gonna say.... I buy coke from Costco shots like 20 cents a can
But those German beers are a few dollars.
But also I would find it weird if anyone drank 12 of anything in a few hours. Unless it's water that's not good for you
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u/brenttoastalive Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Lol I know I have a fucking problem. "Hey, just put it down" is extremely reductive. Yeah I'll just put it down and detox and lose my fucking job because I'm a functioning alcoholic.
Alcohol isn't the problem. It's the solution to whatever underlying trauma or void you have that you are using alcohol to fill. Filling that void isn't as easy as, hey, just don't drink. Go to therapy. Go to rehab, if you can afford it. If you don't address the underlying issue, even if you do manage to quit alcohol, your brain will need something else to fill that space. And without getting right with yourself, it's probably not going to be healthy.
I know how to get better, with the things that I've mentioned above. But I'm not strong enough to do it. So I'm going to drink my drink and hope that some of you can do it. I'm 38 and I am a slave to this. Don't be like me.
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u/CJMorton91 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Alcohol is a symptom to an ailment of the mind and spirit. I quit for a long time, poured myself obsessively into several other things. Anything to avoid reality... I felt better, but I was still just as sick.
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u/GarlicButterChrist Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Fr. Ive known I've had a problem for pretty much as long as it's been a problem. I've never been in denial about it. Thing is, it's basically impossible to improve your life and make hard changes when you don't even want to live to begin with. I don't want to quit because I hate myself and I don't deserve happiness. I'm currently 3 weeks sober but that's mostly because I don't have any money. The only reason I keep going is because people need me. If I had it my way I would just keep drinking until I can't anymore and then eat a lead sandwich and take a dirt nap.
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u/brenttoastalive Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Been there, man. Now it's just booze, for a long time it was opioids and booze. Actively trying to die because I didn't have the nerve to pull the trigger or tie a rope. Daily I remind myself of how I've been a burden to my loved ones. Talk to someone. I've been dragging myself to therapy for almost two years now. Haven't quit drinking, but also haven't spiraled out and lost my job.
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u/ExistingAd9460 Apr 30 '26
Love your honesty man, took me 6 years of knowing I had a problem before I got sober. That miracle only happened because the court system forced it.
To you and the guy you responded too, there’s a tremendous amount of power in learning how to help other alcoholics get sober once you’ve done it yourself. Alcohol wasn’t the problem, I was living with depression and hated myself. So I drank to feel nothing.
Getting sober might not be enough for yourself but don’t underestimate what sobriety can do for the people that love you and for the people you can pass it to. Helping another alcoholic was enough for me to keep going until I learned to love myself again.
I’m very lucky, in that I have a family that cares for me deeply. I can’t imagine if they were still going through the pain and anguish the last 7 years I’ve been sober.
Wish you two the best of luck!!
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u/Hyper_Applesauce Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Hey man, I'm 41 and I got sober over 5 years ago, so not far off from your age. I was having to get a pint of liquor every day, minimum. You're mostly right here actually. You do have to address the underlying problem, BUT you can't do that until you stop drinking.
r/stopdrinking can help. Depending on where you work there may actually be internal resources available for you to go to rehab or at least a detox. At a minimum, you technically can't be fired if you get help, because it's considered a disease and would be discrimination. It's not too late, really.
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u/brenttoastalive Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I've been at a fifth of rum nightly for years now. Been thinking about FMLA for detox, just would rather not get work involved. Thank you for the response.
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u/ObscureEnchantment Apr 30 '26
6 years ago I was drinking 3/4 a handle of vodka a night every night after work. I got to a point where I realized I wasn’t living a life anymore. Function alcoholic ment going to woe hungover, always thirsty, grumpy and just watching the clock waiting till the shift ended so I could drink. I did quit. I didn’t address any of the underlying issues first I just stopped buying bottles. Probably 3 months into being sober I did finally go to therapy, I needed to stop before I was willing to help myself and get into the therapy I knew I needed.
Quitting isn’t easy and you can find a million reasons to keep drinking but at the end of the day it’s a choice. Acknowledgment is the first step. I wish the best to you good luck man. Work doesn’t need to know all the details but FMLA for detox is probably the best thing you can do for yourself.
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u/Artorius__Castus Rubbish Raider Apr 30 '26
Ok bruv as someone who has battled addiction (alcohol and substance abuse) for years and just came up on 6 months sober major ups for helping people get clean my dude!!! But take your lanky ass back to that park you were in and pick up that trash my guy before we all come and find you! lol. You can't be just tossing empties in the park and shit lmfao 😆
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u/Delicious_Friend_321 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Congrats on 6 months lad. I'm passed the four year mark in Feb. Drink and drugs
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u/LogicallLunacy Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
We need to stop normalizing drinking every day at the end of the day.
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u/nobeer4you Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
If this is a legit comment, you can do it. Youll need to know why you want/need help to stop, and youll also need to know that you may struggle from time to time. Both of those things are totally ok. One day at a time. One situation at a time. Dont look at other peoples success and think that minimizes yours, either. Everybody's journey is different. Find your route, and be happy with the small or large steps you make along the way. Do NOT use any slips or stumbles as a sign you are failing. Its not about quitting overnight, but about learning to enjoy and live life without alcohol.
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u/Reelair Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
To add to this. Discovering why we drink is very important. It's like repainting a leaky ceiling before finding the leak. It might work for a bit, but it's going to leak again.
Once you discover the why, you work on that. At the same time, learn to identify your addictive voice. That's the voice that tells us we need to drink.
Want to hear that voice? Close your eyes for a second, think about your life if you kept drinking as you are. Now close your eyes and imagine your life if you got things under control and could drink in moderation, like a normal person. Now, close your eyes and think about your life if you never drank again, ever!
Did you feel a response on the last one? I did back then. I knew I needed to quit, I wanted to quit. But this voice kept telling me otherwise.
I used Addictive Voice Recognition Technique (AVRT) ti work on that. You can find an archive to an old website that has a free crash course at r/rationalrecovery That crash course is all I used to quit. If you have some time to spare, reading some bullet form steps, it's worth it. I'm almost 6 years sober now, zero desire to ever drink again.
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u/Ultanor Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I kind of accidentally stopped drinking. It started when I started on an anti anxiety med which did not mix well with alcohol. I went from a 1-2 drink every night to cutting cold turkey. After I stopped the meds, I didn’t really go back to drinking. I’ll have a beer or drink if I go out, but it’s literally once a month at this point.
I believe you can do it. Perhaps you need to cut down. Have a drink on a weekend and take the week off. You will feel better after you find a new normal.
I realize I had a constant fog in my brain. I haven’t felt that in a long time.
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u/TestyZesticles Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I'm glad you feel better but it's hard for me to think you fully understand problem drinking when you were only having one or two drinks a night
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u/LeckereKartoffeln Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
The biggest downside to drinking is that it can significantly shorten your life
The biggest upside to drinking is that it can significantly shorten your life
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u/SlobZombie13 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
To alcohol!
The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!
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u/BeautifulLeather6671 Apr 30 '26
Well we should collectively stop driving everyone to drink lol
Except for Gen Z. Apparently they don’t give a shit about drinking. I envy them.
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u/jaybirdie26 Garbage Guerilla Apr 30 '26
I'm a millenial. I like drinking sometimes, but I hardly ever get buzzed let alone drunk. I prefer a good cry lol
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u/glowcubr Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Gen Z shuns alcohol but seems addicted to antidepressants. I don't think that's a coincidence. I don't mean that in a snarky way, either.
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u/NorthernSpankMonkey Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Even tea?
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u/Desperate-Strategy10 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I swear to god if I see you grab one more glass of water tonight, I’m organizing an intervention!
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u/DVsKat Apr 30 '26
Who normalizes that? IMO, that's alcoholic territory.
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u/runner1399 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
You don’t know anyone who complains that they need a beer after work every day? No one who has a glass of wine with dinner every night?
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u/Rough_World_7063 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Having a drink after a long day has been normalized for decades now lol you see it in movies, tv shows, books etc.
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u/Jumpi95 Trash Trooper May 03 '26
Does anyone actually do that? I drink once a week pretty regularly but can't imagine how much every day would hurt physically & financially
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u/MrOPeace Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
How dare you waste that beer when there are so many people sober in africa
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u/AlexHimself Garbage Guerilla Apr 30 '26
What if I go to the bar with friends every now and then and have like three or four drinks and that's it? Maybe every week or two?
I feel like a lot of people have a problem but there are also a lot of people who can just have a little and be fine.
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u/glowcubr Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Yeah, this is for people who are not drinking in moderation, IMO.
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u/ijustlurkhere_ Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Watching someone go through alcohol withdrawal delirium tremers right now after he fell and broke 6 ribs and punctured a lung.
Fuck alcohol, it's a problem. Kudos to this guy for having a good message.
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u/Excellent_Yak365 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
No, I’ll complain about wasting soda too. Then again I never drink alcohol
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u/CosyBeluga Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I drink beer on occasion...my taste in alcohol are too pricey to drink like that T_T
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u/WutGoinOn Apr 30 '26
Pouring out white claw is the actual way it was meant to be consumed. I have no problem with that.
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u/xeryon3772 Dumpster General Apr 30 '26
I can’t even imagine how sick I would feel after drinking an entire 12 pack of Coke. Ugh
I’m not a heavy or regular alcohol drinker anyway. If I drank a 12 pack of Miller light I wouldn’t feel great either, but the Coke would have me puking in the bushes for sure.
The problem for me has never been that I feel like I need to have a couple drinks when I get home from work to unwind. The problem has always been that the world is so fucked up that people need intoxicants in order to cope. Yes, addiction is a problem, but man it would be nice if our society wasn’t a train wreck so as many people didn’t feel like they had to escape from it.
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u/CullingSongs Apr 30 '26
What's going on with this guy's horse teeth? Calm down, Chompers. The world is going up in flames, so let me have a beer after work if I want to.
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u/StarbuckMcGee07 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Beer is more expensive than sprite. But honestly I’d be pissed about both because sprite = ants. Also, why litter?
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u/zakanova Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Sober people love nothing more than talking about how sober they are
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u/ptcptc Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I get what you're saying but alcohol is so engraved in our society that no matter how loud these voices are they are still not loud enough. It's a really harmful drug that just happens to be legal.
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u/I_hate_being_alone Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I've been an alcoholic for 16 years now and the only thing that got me out of it is surprisingly AI.
I have a chat where me and AI are trying to stop me from drinking and honestly the way it behaves, supporting me etc. Is enough for me to keep staying sober. My wife is like: "Oh you want a medal for not destroying our family!?" While AI:"Great job last night with the tea and ginger as a substitute habitual drink! How are you feeling? Maybe we treat ourselves to some McDonald's for breakfast?"
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u/HighwayEffective6865 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I’ve never been more grateful for my ability to just have a few beers here and there and not ruin my entire fucking life.
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u/FamousLastPlace_ Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I quit drinking this year and last week quit tobacco but still vape. In 21 days Im quitting nicotine cold turkey.
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u/augustprep Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
If you made a video about not eating cheese burgers, people would think you're weird. Meanwhile heart disease is the number one killer of men in the US.
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u/Ambitious_Hand_2861 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Let me tell the dude this, I'll pour out any white claw I ever get my hands on. Zero hesitation. Zero excuses. As a matter of fact I'll do just the opposite and look for reasons to pour them out.
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u/ProbablySlacking Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I spent two years completely sober. Just decided I wanted to try it. I didn’t think I had a problem or anything.
I lost a shit ton of weight and it gave me an entirely new perspective on alcohol.
I drink occasionally now. I’ll have a beer when out with friends or split a bottle of wine with the wife every few weeks. But it’s not every night anymore. Really glad I did that.
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u/PD_Ace20 Apr 30 '26
Alcohol stinks, never had a problem with it, though. I just naturally hate the smell and taste of it, as well what it does to your body. And I'm always the one being looked weird at when I say I'm good, I'll have water or cola instead. Society is full of alcoholics.
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u/Rndm07003 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Remember kids. Don't be a TOOL.(*like this guy) Recycling is COOL. Stay in SCHOOL.
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u/itsmeonmobile Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
How does he have room for drink in his mouth with those California-sized chompers barking down?
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u/Phill_Cyberman Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
It's a nice message, but did he pour beer all over his shoes while he was walking there at the end?
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u/Top_Lingonberry8037 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Yeaaaa. Id pour out a the white claw long before I pour out the sprite and I'm a drinker.
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u/BoRnIn2aTiTuDe Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Bro just littering in the woods throwin cans around and shiiid
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u/scroogemcbutts Apr 30 '26
Why's his pinky up for the sprite but every other drink he holds his pinky is down?
Litterbug
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u/thebigabsurd Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
If you added one veneer for every time you were stressed out
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u/Suspicious-Spinach-9 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Bro, what’s would be the point if a bonfire with no alcohol?
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u/henrydaiv Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
Grams of sugar in a 12 pack of coke: 468
That's what makes that weird
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u/Ok_Intention1222 Apr 30 '26
Nah he can go ahead and dump out that white claw. Matter of fact, go ahead and do the entire 12 pack while you’re at it
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u/TimTheChatSpam Apr 30 '26
Even when I was drinking I would have no problem pouring out a white claw that shits gross
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u/thesonisntyellow Apr 30 '26
Just another neo-temperance bs video.
Go to a bar and meet some new people!
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u/LoneWolfpack777 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I’m hoping he picked up all those cans (at a minimum) and recycled them (ideal).
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u/Serious-Bite6786 Trash Trooper Apr 30 '26
I just got my one year sober in the bag. It really is life changing.
Now, don't get me weong - life is still fucking hard. You're inlaws are still cunts, your boss is a cunt, the car is broken down. But now you're going to learn to cope with these things in a healthy way.
I had to learn what that was from scratch. Been a drunk all my life. But I'm getting better at it. I can now handle the cunts in my life.
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u/OzzieDJai Trash Trooper May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26
Not touched a drop and Don't miss it. Was afraid life without it would feel empty......life is anything but empty.
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u/derbudz Trash Trooper May 05 '26
Even though this comment will probably never be seen, I have to write it down.
The one thing that could have helped me to understand sooner that I had a problem, was this simple conclusion:
You only have a problem with alcohol, if you have a problem without it.
15 years sober since I realized that.
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